Anorexia+Nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa also known as Anorexia is a common eating disorder. A person with anorexia has an intense fear of weight gaining. They also think about food alot and limits the food he or she eats. Even though they are too thin. Anorexia is more than just a problem with food. It is a way of using food or starving one's body to feel more in control of life and to ease tension, anger, and anxiety. Most people with anorexia are female. An anorexic: Anorexia mostly affects girls and women. But it can also effect boys and men aswell. Someone with anorexia may not like her or himself, hate the way she or he looks, or feel hopeless. She or he often sets hard-to-reach goals for her or himself and tries to be perfect in every way.Traumatic events like rape and as well as stressful things like starting a new job, can lead to the onset of anorexia. Anorexia can also be an inherited characteristic. Women in the U.S. are under constant pressure to fit a certain ideal of beauty. Seeing images of flawless, thin females everywhere makes it hard for women to feel good about their bodies. More and more, men are also feeling pressure to have a perfect body too. Signs of Anorexia: Someone with anorexia may look very thin. Themselves may use extreme measures to lose weight by:
 * has a low body weight for her or his height
 * resists keeping a normal body weight
 * has an intense fear of gaining weight
 * thinks she or he is fat even when very thin
 * misses three (menstrual) periods in a row―for girls/women who have started having their periods.
 * making themselves throw up
 * taking pills to urinate or have a bowel movement
 * taking diet pills
 * not eating or eating very little
 * exercising a lot, even in bad weather or when hurt or tired
 * weighing food and counting calories
 * moving food around the plate instead of eating it